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What we read in August: Covid’s Long Shadow, Private Sector Projects and Evaluating Anti-Trafficking Policy

by Sharon Scotcher | Sep 2, 2022 | Blog

Mitigating global learning losses: lessons from the pandemic | The Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab For several years, one of the most heated debates in evaluation has been over the question of educational M&E. Previously, policy had clearly aligned around...

From first-order to second-order evaluation practice: time to shift the ground

by Barbara Schmidt-Abbey | Aug 30, 2022 | Blog

Barbara Schmidt-Abbey (Open University) Joan O’Donnell (Maynooth University) Kirsten Bording Collins (Adaptive Purpose) Introduction The title of the 14th European Evaluation Society’s Biennial conference in Copenhagen in June 2022 posited that evaluation finds...

Getting it on(line): Insights into how we learn about digital social and behaviour change communication

by Sharon Scotcher | Aug 19, 2022 | Blog

By Linda Raftree[1], Nicola Harford[2] and Anastasia Mirzoyants[3] As COVID-19 arrived to disrupt the globe, Social and Behaviour Change Communication (SBCC) practitioners and their audiences, especially youth, increasingly embraced digital spaces and tools. Over the...

Long- and short-term dilemmas in sustainability evaluations

by Sharon Scotcher | Aug 9, 2022 | Blog

Fishbowl Session, EES 2022, Copenhagen. Thematic Working Group 2: Sustainability By Leon Hermans, Wolfgang Meyer, Jindra Čekan, Ferko Bodnar, Carroll Patterson Introduction The last few years have seen a continued interest in evaluation of sustainable...

What we read in July: Transformation Lessons, Achieving the SDGs, EES Conference Round Up and more

by Lea Corsetti | Aug 1, 2022 | Blog

Disclaimer: the opinions expressed are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Evaluation Society Principles for a healthy relationship between evaluators and experts – Eval Forward The EES blog and its monthly roundups have...

Decolonising Evaluation Practice: Is it time for an increased conversation in Europe?

by Lea Corsetti | Jul 13, 2022 | Blog

Disclaimer: the opinions expressed are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Evaluation Society The concept of colonial rule is usually one which is connected to the past. However, global power structures with roots in colonisation...